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Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up
Melissa Thomson (2008), 220 pages
Illustrated by Frank Morrison
Audience: 2nd Grade - 3rd Grade
If you like Junie B. or Ramona, you've got to meet Keena Ford. Keena is set to start second grade with her best friend, Eric, when she encounters a HUGE problem. They won't be in the same class. What's worse is that she learns she will be in an all-girl class. She just knows her classroom will be entirely covered in pink with wet, paper bag tasting tea parties held daily. Read Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up to find out what happens during the first week of second grade. Keena doesn't go around looking for trouble. It just happens! If you like this one, try Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-up
Similar books: Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Park
Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2011
Reviewed by: mec
Date read: 4/5/2010
ISBN-13: 9780803732636
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Peter & Connie Roop (1985), 40 pages
Illustrated by Peter E. Hanson
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
This is an exciting and true story about a little girl named Abbie Burgess, who lives with her family in a lighthouse off the coast of Maine. One day she is left alone with her younger brothers and sisters, when a terrible store hits. The lighthouse lights must be kept burning to guide the sailors' ships to safety! Papa is depending on her. Does Abbie have the strength and the courage to keep the lighthouse lights burning?
Book Series: On My Own History Series
Similar books: The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft by Cathy Moore;
The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth by Jean L. Patrick;
The Schoolchildren's Blizzard by Marty Rhodes Figley
Awards won: Reading Rainbow Book
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 6/26/2009
ISBN-10: 0876142757
ISBN-13: 9780876142752
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Kevin Henkes (1996), 32 pages
Illustrated by Kevin Henkes
Audience: Preschool - Preschool
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, Mr. Slinger. Trouble comes when Lilly takes her purple plastic purse, three quarters, and movie star sunglasses to school. She has to show them to her class and doesn't listen when Mr. Slinger tells her to wait. Mr. Slinger takes them away for the day. Lilly is furious and no longer wants to be a teacher! She writes a mean note to Mr. Slinger, but she is very sorry about it later. The apology and forgiveness are wonderful elements, especially the interpretive dance!
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/28/2009
ISBN-10: 0688128971
ISBN-13: 9780688128975
Ling and Ting are identical twins. Anyone meeting them tells them, 'You two are exactly the same!' Ling and Ting may look alike, but when it comes to haircuts, dumplings, chopsticks, and stories, they couldn't be more different! (Reading Level: 2.6)
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 7/1/2011
ISBN-10: 9780316024525
ISBN-13: 9780316024525
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1953), 352 pages
Illustrated by Garth Williams
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
Laura Ingalls and her family are on the Kansas prairie in the 1800's. They meet their Indian neighbors, and face a fast rising creek and a even a prairie fire.
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 10/23/2009
ISBN-10: 0060264454
ISBN-13: 9780060264451
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